Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Tendring · Region: Eastern
Explore Frating, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Frating map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Frating, Essex, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Frating |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Tendring |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.862334 |
| Longitude | 1.018618 |
| Place Type | Village |
Frating, a tranquil corner of Essex, breathes a quietude that settles like fine dust on ancient timbers. It lies 4.1 km east of Wivenhoe (from Wivenhoe: bearing 81°T, OS grid TM 079 225), and is situated west-south-west of Frating Green village. The landscape surrounding Frating unfolds in gentle, cultivated swathes, where the pale gold of ripening wheat under a wide, often cloud-streaked sky speaks of generations of patient husbandry. The village itself, though modest, holds a certain dignity, its houses often built of the warm, honeyed brick characteristic of the region, their roofs a comforting mosaic of weathered tiles. A palpable sense of continuity pervades Frating, as if the very air remembers the passage of carts and the murmur of village life through centuries.
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Explore Frating, Essex, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.862334, 1.018618. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |